JOSÉ MARÍA MORELOS Y PAVON

WHO ARE YOU?

• Mexican revolutionary and priest
• Led the Mexican independence movement
• General

WHAT DID YOU DO?

• Muleteer and cowhand until the age of 25
• Served Indians and metizos
• Joined the hidalgo's rebellion and lead it after he died
• Defrocked and executed by viceroy's military.

MI FAMILIA

• Papa-Manuel Morelos
• Mama-Juana pavon
• Wives-brigida almonte, Maria Ramona galvan
• Children- Juan nepmuceno almonte, two other unknown children.

FUN FACTS

• Named a city after him in his honor-morelia
• Priest at the age of 33
• 130 feet statue in janitzio on Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan.

CITATIONS

• Maria Morelos | Biography - Mexican Revolutionary and Priest." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2015. "
• Jose Maria Morelos." Jose Maria Morelos. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2015